US nuclear generators used 32 million pounds of imported uranium concentrate (U3O8) and only 0.05 million pounds of domestically produced U3O8 in 2023, according to latest data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Imports accounted for 99% of the U3O8 used in 2023 to make nuclear fuel in the US, according to the EIA, a federal agency responsible for energy data.
Foreign producers predominantly supply the US front-end nuclear fuel cycle, but federal policies have been implemented recently to improve the domestic US nuclear fuel supply chain.